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Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders 2016: 15: 3: 88-91 | |||||
Human Herpes Virus 6 Encephalitis Following Bone Marrow Transplantation with Uncommon Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings | |||||
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Jihye Hwang, Ji Eun Kim, Jee Hoon Roh, Jae-Hong Lee | |||||
Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea | |||||
Human Herpes Virus 6 Encephalitis Following Bone Marrow Transplantation with Uncommon Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings | |||||
Jihye Hwang, Ji Eun Kim, Jee Hoon Roh, Jae-Hong Lee | |||||
Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea | |||||
Background Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV6) is commonly associated with encephalitis following bone marrow transplantation. However, hippocampal atrophy and global hypometabolism are rare findings in HHV6 encephalitis. Case Report A 41-year-old right-handed woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented with fever and mental changes 2 weeks after receiving a sibling bone marrow transplant. The patient’s cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was positive for HHV-6 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), but was negative for other viral DNA. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed atrophic changes in bilateral medial temporal lobes. Following 4 weeks of ganciclovir therapy, a CSF exam was negative for HHV-6 DNA and the patient’s neurological symptoms partially improved. However, she was disoriented and had severe retrograde and anterograde amnesia. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography indicated global hypometabolism in the medial temporal lobes and the fronto-parietal cortices. Conclusions This is a rare and unusual case of hippocampal atrophy in the acute stage of HHV6 encephalitis. Our imaging findings may reflect the chronic indolent course of HHV6 encephalitis. |
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Key Words: herpes, human herpes virus, Human Herpes Virus 6 encephalitis, limbic encephalitis, retrograde amnesia, anterograde amnesia. | |||||
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